Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-01

the Saturday falleEing next Saturday
' The managers OF this picnic think the,
see o dry spell in the dim distance.
The city weed cutter is an indnstriou'
servant. He not only shaves the alleys
but exercises his scythe upon the vaean
lots. He is q public benefaotor.
Prairie chicken day has not been nu,
merously observed, the rain of last nigh
and the fact that the hunters have al
ready killed most OF. the chickens render
ing the sport undesirable.
Persons DESTROYS of going east car
now get excursion rates to many of til,
principal cities by applying to loca
railroad agents. This. is the cheapest
time of the year to travel.
An elephant belonging to the Burr
Robbins show, which exhibits in Yank-
ton ere long, escaped from its keeper.
in Canada q few days ago and q. las,
accounts was still at large.
Many Yanktonians will burn wood
this winter-at least they say they will
rather than contribute to the revenues
of the eastern coal ring, which seems
not only to want the earth, but all Its
shekels.
A party OF p%icnickers who went down
to the Jim on the Eve O'Clock train yes
terday and returned on the ten O'Clock
train had a moist time and just escaped
. generous drenching. Picnios are
hazardous this year.
j. A. Pierson, one Of Ysnkton county'e
best farmers, leaves at the Press and
Dakotaian office some samples OF. white
and mixed dent corn which are well
worth looking at. They are mammoth
we'll filled ears, fully ripe. Nosnch corr
grows anywhere but in Dakota.
The following are the newly elected
officers of the Yankton county bible go
ciety: President Rev. Joseph Ward
d. D.; vice president, j. Fl. Beaver; SEQ
Rotary and treasurer. DIR. T. A. Brecht ,ex-
%ecutive committee, L. Ksrr, Jacob Max
John Baker, A. L.. Edwards and John
Fogerty.
Superintendent Cravens, of the insane
hospital, has organized. Q brass band
%amongphis patients at the hospital. They
have received their instruments and are
taking daily practice. In time they may
become the crack band of the territory
Music Is the chief delight of the lunatics
and DR.. Oravens INDUCES this caprice to
the fullest extent, for the good of his
patients.
Our yesterdays list of Tuesday nights
burglaries was incomplete, one at the
residence OF Mrs. R~osssteuscher being
omitted at the request of the officers. A
room occupied by some of the men who
work il the Rosstsnscher brewery was
entered and two revolvers. some cigsrs
aud fifty cents in money stolen. AS in
the case of the other burglaries there is
no clu. to the perpetrators of the Ross
tensoher burglary.
Last night brought q young deluge OF
water, the rainfall for the night amount
ing to / .6s inches. Sergeant Thompson
reports the total rainfall for August al
4 46 inches, which is 1.42 inches greater
than the average for August. We have
gained this much on the years de-
fclency and are now short only 3.44
inches for the eight months of 1887,
The average rainfall for August during
the past thirteen years is BOA inches.
The public is again reminded that the
Press and Dakotaian rubber Stang
factory is in operation and that all orders
can be filled on q few hours notice. il
necessary. Every novelty In the rubber
stamp line furnished and any design
made to order. Our prices are as low a
these goods can be bought for anywhere
and our enterprise Is a home industry
and employs Yankton workmen. Yol
can do ss we'll here at home as by pat.
ronizing the agents OF outside establish
ments, and probably better.
The board OF trustees of the Yapktol
insane hospital yesterday afternoon, b,
unanimous vote, awarded a contract TO
sinking an artesian we'll on the hospits
grounds TO Karr & Richey, of Yankton
The contract calls for q Six inch vel
strongly cssed, to be equal IN every we.
to the CITY we'll and the electric ligh
we'll, both of which were made by Messr
Kari & Riehey. There are now upon til
hospital grounds two srtesian wells, blu
they are of small bore and ineffective. Th
large well contracted for is designed I
take the place of the two small wells an
give the hospital an abundance OF watel
1t was ordered by the last legislature.
Il. Rundall-The celebrated plan
tuner will be in Yankton about the 15tl
Leave orders at Wagoner's music store
Excursion Rates-.C. Ms st. p. r. Il